Dr. Aminul Islam is a Judge (Additional District and Sessions Judge) in Bangladesh, a Senior Fellow at the Indo-Pacific Studies Center (IPSC), Australia, a Commonwealth Scholar, and a Prime Minister Fellow. He holds a PhD in International Law from the University of Sussex, UK, along with LL.M. degrees in International Human Rights Law (University of Liverpool, UK) and International and Comparative Law (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh). He is the author of Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Legal Responsibility and Accountability (Routledge, 2024). His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, including most recently in the Irish Yearbook of International Law (Hart, 2025), and focuses on UN peacekeeping, human rights, judicial reform, and accountability. He can be reached at palashlaw@gmail.com.
